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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1835

Vol. I
p614
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(Born Me.)

Samuel M. Plummer

(Ap'd Me.)

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Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1830, to July 1, 1835, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 1, 1835.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1835‑37, — Swan River,

(Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, Nov. 14, 1836)

1837, — and Ft. Snelling, Min., 1837; in garrison at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1837; in the Florida War, 1837‑39, being Adjutant, 1st Infantry,

(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, July 7, 1838)

Sep. 16, 1838, to Oct. 19, 1839; on sick leave of absence, 1839; in the

(Capt. Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, Nov. 22, 1839, to June 18, 1846)

Florida War, 1839‑41; on Quartermaster duty at Washington, D. C.,

(Captain, 1st Infantry, May 1, 1841)

1841‑42, — New York city, 1842, Ft. Atkinson, Io., 1842, — Ft. Crawford, Wis., 1842, — Ft. Snelling, Min., 1842‑43, — in Quartermaster- p615 General's Office at Washington, D. C., 1844, — and at Ft. Snelling, Min., 1844‑46; in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47; on detached service at Washington, D. C., Oct. 13, 1847, to Jan. 18, 1848, and Sep. 7, 1848, to Mar. 14, 1849; and on frontier duty at Ft. Brown, Tex., 1849, 1849‑50, — Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1850, — in Mustering Volunteers, 1850, — and at Ft. Merrill, Tex., 1850‑51.

Died, Oct. 17, 1851, at Ft. Merrill, Tex.: Aged 39.

Buried, San Antonio National Cemetery, San Antonio, TX.


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